Garment-clasp



(No Model.)

0. B. WEEKS.

GARMENT CLASP. No. 327,363. Patented Sept. 29, 1885.

W H'TLEEEES: Invenmr:

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

CHESTER B, \VEEKS, OF JACKSON, MICHIGAN.

GARMENT-CLASP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 327,363, datedSeptember 29, 1885.

Application filed June 17, 1885.

T 0 all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GHEsTEE B. WEEKs, a citizen of the United States,residing at Jackson, in the county of Jackson and Stateof Michigan, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Clasps for Garments andother Purposes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improved clasp to be used as a supporter forsustaining in proper position on the wearer articles ofwearingapparel-such as stockings, drawers, and skirtsor to be used as afastening for bales, bags, and bundles.

The object is to provide a cheap and convenient article for thispurpose-one that will have the wire at one side of the entrance of thegrip-slot terminating in a coiled circular eye, and also one that willhave two clasps inverted withrespect to each other and the two united bya laterally-extended connection, so that one clasp will project sidewisesome distance from the other.

In the accompanying drawings,which illustrate the invention, Figure l isa view of the supporter as employed without a strap or web. Fig. 2 is aview of the device as when employed with a cord for binding bundles.

Heretofore two clasps have been united and located atopposite endsof astraight frame, and have been used as a supporter for articles ofwearingapparel. To adapt this style of clasp for fastening the fabricwrapper of bales and bundles, which is usually drawn taut, I haveprovided at the uniting-point a laterally-extending connection.

The supporter consists of awire grip-slot, I), having the two sides a, aof the wire which forms the slot in contact,as at c, at a point betweenthe slot and the entrance d thereto. The curve or bend e,where the oneside, a, is bent or doubled back on the other side, a, is rounded indistinction to being bent short and thereby the full strength of thewire is retained and a desirable spring or elasticity is imparted to thegrip sides of the device. The side a, from the point of con tact withthe other side, curves away or gradually departs from said side, andthere- (No model.)

by forms the gradually -widened entrance d. The end of the wire at oneside of the entrance is coiled to form a circular eye, f, which shape isdesirable, as said circular eye presents a surface for contact with thegarment or fabric which will not puncture or injure it-an objection towhich some other garment-supporters are open.

It will be understood from the above description that a portion of agarment or other article gripped by the thumb and finger of one hand,soas to form a crease or fold, may have the clasp attached by drawing thegradually widened entrance d gently along said fold, thus causing thelatter to pass into the entrance, and then continue to draw until thefold enters the grip-slot b, the elasticity of the sides, which isafforded by the rounded bend e, avoiding injury to the fabric, while thecontact part c of the sides grip the fabric securely.

The foregoing description of one clasp serves for the other, with whichit is united, the two forming one article.

It will be seen I improve upon those heretofore used by uniting the twoclasps, which have positions inverted with respectv to each other andprojecting from opposite sides, by a laterally-extending connection, 9,whereby one clasp is offset or projected a short distance to one sidefrom the other, and each of the two united clasps have the same kind ofan entrance, (I, that one clasp would have if made separate-that is,atboth sides of the entrance cl there is a graduallywidened part. Thislaterally-extending connection of the double clasp serves to facilitatethe attachment of its two ends to the fabric, from the fact that afterattaching one clasp the bunch or fold of fabric thereby inclosed is notdirectly in front of or in the way of the bunch or fold of fabric soughtto be inclosed in the other clasp.

For binding bundles, fastening bags, and the like the clasp may be usedalso with a cord, is, as shown in Fig. 3.'

I am aware that clasps of the general character of that here shown arenot new; but I have, after considerable experiment,contrived an improvedconstruction for this class of do trance, (1, both sides of which spreador grad- IO vices that is new and useful. ually widen, as set forth.

Having described my invention, I c1aiin In testimony whereof I affiX mysignature A double wire clasp, each consisting of two in presence of twowitnesses. sides havin a 'ri -slot b, between them the a two clasps iiveite with respect to each other CHESTER WEEKS and each projecting in anopposite direction, "Witnesses: and the two united by alaterally-extending ALBERT M. WALKER, connection, whereby each clasp hasan en- 0. E. ALDRICH.

